Day of Saturday 9 October
Qualifies with 77 of 743 minutes. Not taken.
05:43 sunrisesunset 18:05
Śravaṇa begins 16:48:17
05:1907:1909:1911:1913:1915:1917:1919:19
77 of 743 minutes covered, the last 77
Ruling · Vijayā Daśamī (Daśaharā) · 2027
Boundaryin Suva, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Both days qualify and the rule does not say which to take. Say “contested”.
A tick is five ghaṭīs, two hours. The day time is sunrise to sunset.
Day of Saturday 9 October
Qualifies with 77 of 743 minutes. Not taken.
77 of 743 minutes covered, the last 77
Day of Sunday 10 October
Taken. Both days qualify; the rule is silent, and this one is covered longer.
744 of 744 minutes covered
Aṅga
Daśamī runs from 15:32 on Sat 9 Oct to 18:11 on Sun 10 Oct, and Śravaṇa from 16:48 on Sat 9 Oct to 19:56 on Sun 10 Oct. They are together from 16:48 on Sat 9 Oct to 18:11 on Sun 10 Oct.
2027-10-09T04:48:18Z → 2027-10-10T06:11:09Z
Kāla
The day time is sunrise to sunset: 05:43–18:05 on the 9th, 05:42–18:05 on the 10th.
daytime: sunrise-to-sunset · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Where Daśamī touches Śravaṇa in the day time, that day is taken. Together they cover 77 of 743 minutes on the 9th and 744 of 744 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104
Tie-break
Both days qualify and the rule marks neither. The one covered longer is ruled, as a boundary.
priority: unstated → greater-coverage · margin 346 s
Ruling
Vijayā Daśamī, Suva, 2027: Sunday 10 October.
confidence: boundary (tie-break-unstated)
In Suva, Vijayā Daśamī (Dussehra) 2027 falls on Sunday 10 October. Daśamī runs from 15:32 on Sat 9 Oct to 18:11 on Sun 10 Oct and is with Śravaṇa in the day time that day, for 744 minutes. They are together in the day time on the previous day too, for 77 minutes; the rule does not say which to take, and the day they share longer is ruled: treat the date as contested.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Sun 10 Oct |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Sun 10 Oct |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Sun 10 Oct |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Suva. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/vijaya-dashami · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 10 Vijaya dasami (In Bengal it is observed as paraviddha, covering one muhurta from sunrise. In other places, if it touches Sravana naksatra in the day time it is observed on that day), Sarasvati visarjana (to be observed in naksatra Sravana), Dasahara.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104. The Bengal reading (paraviddha, one muhūrta from sunrise) is not applied.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Daśamī with Śravaṇa | Sunrise 9th | Covered | Sunrise 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 21:48 → 23:11 | 06:54 | 693 min | 06:54 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Chicago | 23:48 → 01:11 | 06:56 | 682 min | 06:57 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Jersey City | 00:48 → 02:11 | 07:01 | 684 min | 07:02 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Port of Spain | 00:48 → 02:11 | 05:55 | 717 min | 05:55 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| London | 05:48 → 07:11 | 07:14 | 666 min | 07:16 | 0 min | 9 Oct |
| Durban | 06:48 → 08:11 | 05:25 | 673 min | 05:24 | 167 min | 9 Oct |
| Dubai | 08:48 → 10:11 | 06:14 | 549 min | 06:15 | 236 min | 9 Oct |
| Delhi | 10:18 → 11:41 | 06:18 | 460 min | 06:19 | 322 min | 9 Oct |
| Kolkata | 10:18 → 11:41 | 05:31 | 419 min | 05:31 | 370 min | 9 Oct |
| Singapore | 12:48 → 14:11 | 06:49 | 366 min | 06:49 | 442 min | 10 Oct |
| Sydney | 15:48 → 17:11 | 06:23 | 195 min | 06:21 | 650 min | 10 Oct |
| Suva | 16:48 → 18:11 | 05:43 | 77 min | 05:42 | 744 min | 10 Oct |